Compiled from the official returns. The census of 1790 was somewhat imperfect. Of New London county it stated: "The return from this county is so blended that the number in each town cannot be ascertained. The aggregate is 33,000." For the Litchfield County towns not returned, Hartford being at that time included, the aggregate population is estimated at 20,342. Greenwich and Stamford were included with Norwalk. The census of 1774 embraces as a part of Litchfield County "Westmoreland, 1,922," presumably the Pennsylvania tract at that time claimed by Connecticut. "Fair Haven, 1,317," is included in the figures for 1850. The creation of new towns explains many apparent losses in population of the older ones. Population of Towns 1830-1890 | Population of Towns 1900-1960 | TownPopulation of Connecticut Towns 1756-1820
1756
1774
1782
1790
1800
1810
1820
Andover
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Ansonia
......
......
......
......
......
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......
Ashford
1,245
2,241
2,286
2,583
2,445
2,532
2,778
Avon
......
......
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......
......
......
......
Barkhamsted
18
250
503
......
1,437
1,506
1,592
Beacon Falls
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......
......
......
......
......
Berlin
......
......
......
2,465
2,702
2,798
2,877
Bethany
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Bethel
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Bethlehem
......
......
......
1,056
1,138
1,118
932
Bloomfield
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Bolton
766
1,001
1,081
1,293
1,452
700
731
Bozrah
......
......
......
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934
960
1,083
Branford
1,800
2,051
2,167
2,267
2,156
1,932
2,230
Bridgeport
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......
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......
Bridgewater
......
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......
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......
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......
Bristol
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......
......
2,462
2,722
1,428
1,362
Brookfield
......
......
......
1,018
1,010
1,037
1,159
Brooklyn
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......
......
1,324
1,202
1,200
1,264
Burlington
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......
......
......
......
1,467
1,360
Canaan
1,100
1,635
2,061
......
2,137
2,203
2,332
Canterbury
1,260
2,444
2,514
1,881
1,812
1,812
1,984
Canton
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1,374
1,322
Chaplin
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......
......
......
......
......
......
Cheshire
......
......
2,015
2,337
2,288
2,288
2,281
Chester
......
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......
......
......
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......
Clinton
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Colchester
2,312
3,258
3,365
......
3,163
2,697
2,152
Colebrook
......
150
273
......
1,119
1,243
1,274
Columbia
......
......
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......
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834
941
Cornwall
500
974
1,158
1,470
1,614
1,602
1,662
Coventry
1,635
2,056
2,025
2,130
2,021
1,938
2,058
Cromwell
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......
......
......
......
......
Danbury
1,527
2,526
2,747
3,031
3,180
3,606
3,873
Darien
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......
......
1,126
Deep River
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......
......
......
......
......
......
Derby
1,000
1,889
2,218
2,994
1,878
2,051
2,088
Durham
799
1,076
1,061
1,079
1,029
1,101
1,210
Eastford
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......
East Granby
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......
East Haddam
1,978
2,808
2,725
2,749
2,805
2,537
2,572
East Hampton¹
......
2,397
2,873
3,230
3,295
3,258
3,159
East Hartford
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......
......
3,016
3,057
3,240
3,373
East Haven
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......
1,025
1,004
1,209
1,237
East Lyme
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......
Easton
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......
East Windsor
......
2,999
3,237
2,600
2,766
3,081
3,400
Ellington
......
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......
1,056
1,209
1,344
1,196
Enfield
1,050
1,360
1,562
1,800
1,761
1,846
2,065
Essex
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......
Fairfield
4,455
4,863
5,276
4,009
3,735
4,125
4,151
Farmington
3,707
6,069
5,542
2,696
2,809
2,748
3,042
Franklin
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......
1,210
1,161
1,161
Glastonbury
1,115
2,071
2,346
2,732
2,718
2,766
3,114
Goshen
610
1,111
1,450
......
1,493
1,641
1,586
Granby
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......
2,595
2,735
2,696
3,012
Greenwich
2,021
2,776
2,623
......
3,047
3,533
3,790
Griswold
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......
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......
1,869
Groton
2,869
3,848
3,823
......
4,302
4,451
4,664
Guilford
2,322
2,930
2,947
3,460
3,597
3,845
4,131
Haddam
1,241
1,726
1,950
2,195
2,307
2,205
2,478
Hamden
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......
1,422
1,482
1,716
1,687
Hampton
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......
1,379
1,274
1,313
Hartford
3,027
5,031
5,495
4,090
5,347
6,003
6,901
Hartland
12
500
961
......
1,318
1,284
1,254
Harwinton
250
1,018
1,215
1,367
1,481
1,718
1,500
Hebron
1,855
2,337
2,205
2,234
2,256
2,002
2,094
Kent
1,000
1,996
1,883
1,318
1,607
1,794
1,956
Killingly
2,100
3,486
3,378
2,166
2,279
2,512
2,803
Killingworth
1,458
1,990
1,853
2,156
2,047
2,244
2,342
Lebanon
3,274
3,960
3,931
4,166
3,652
2,580
2,719
Ledyard
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......
Lisbon
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......
1,158
1,128
1,159
Litchfield
1,366
2,554
3,077
......
4,285
4,639
4,610
Lyme
2,956
4,088
3,792
......
4,380
4,321
4,069
Madison
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Manchester
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Mansfield
1,614
2,466
2,565
2,635
2,560
2,570
2,993
Marlborough
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720
839
Meriden
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1,249
1,309
Middlebury
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847
838
Middlefield
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Middletown
5,664
4,878
4,612
5,375
5,001
5,382
6,479
Milford
1,633
2,127
2,195
2,098
2,417
2,674
2,785
Monroe
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Montville
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2,233
2,187
1,951
Morris
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Naugatuck
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New Britain
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New Canaan
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1,599
1,689
New Fairfield
713
1,308
1,441
1,573
1,665
772
788
New Hartford
260
1,001
1,296
......
1,753
1,507
1,685
New Haven
5,085
8,295
7,966
4,484
5,157
6,967
8,327
Newington
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New London
3,171
5,888
5,688
......
5,150
3,238
3,330
New Milford
1,137
2,776
3,015
3,167
3,221
3,537
3,830
Newtown
1,253
2,229
2,404
2,764
2,903
2,834
2,879
Norfolk
84
969
1,246
......
1,649
1,441
1,422
North Branford
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North Canaan
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North Haven
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1,236
1,157
1,239
1,298
North Stonington
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2,524
2,624
Norwalk
3,050
4,388
4,051
11,942
5,146
2,983
3,004
Norwich
5,540
7,327
7,325
......
3,476
3,528
3,634
Old Lyme
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Old Saybrook
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Orange
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Oxford
......
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......
1,410
1,453
1,683
Plainfield
1,800
1,562
1,573
1,713
1,619
1,738
2,097
Plainville
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Plymouth
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1,791
1,882
1,758
Pomfret
1,727
2,306
2,566
1,769
1,799
1,905
2,042
Portland
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Preston
2,018
2,338
2,287
......
3,440
3,284
1,899
Prospect
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Putnam
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Redding
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1,234
1,310
1,503
1,632
1,717
1,678
Ridgefield
1,115
1,708
1,697
1,947
2,025
2,103
2,310
Rocky Hill
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......
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Roxbury
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1,121
1,217
1,124
Salem
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......
......
1,053
Salisbury
1,100
1,980
2,225
......
2,266
2,321
2,695
Saybrook
1,931
2,687
2,738
3,233
3,363
3,996
4,165
Scotland
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Seymour
......
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Sharon
1,205
2,012
2,230
......
2,340
2,606
2,573
Shelton
......
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2,742
2,792
2,770
2,805
Sherman
......
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949
957
Simsbury
2,245
3,700
4,664
2,576
2,956
1,966
1,954
Somers
900
1,027
1,058
1,127
1,353
1,210
1,306
Southbury
......
......
......
1,738
1,757
1,413
1,662
Southington
......
......
1,886
2,110
1,804
1,807
1,875
South Windsor
......
......
......
......
1,213
......
......
Sprague
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Stafford
1,000
1,334
1,534
1,885
2,345
2,235
2,369
Stamford
2,768
3,563
3,834
......
4,352
4,440
3,284
Sterling
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......
......
908
1,101
1,200
Stonington
3,518
5,412
5,245
......
5,437
3,043
3,056
Stratford
3,658
5,555
5,473
3,241
2,650
2,895
3,438
Suffield
1,438
2,017
2,310
2,467
2,686
2,680
2,681
Thomaston
......
......
......
......
......
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......
Thompson
......
......
......
2,267
2,341
2,467
2,928
Tolland
917
1,262
1,361
1,538
1,638
1,610
1,607
Torrington
250
845
1,077
......
1,417
1,586
1,449
Trumbull
......
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......
......
1,291
1,241
1,232
Union
500
514
552
631
767
752
757
Vernon
......
......
......
......
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827
966
Voluntown
1,048
1,511
1,630
1,872
1,119
1,016
1,116
Wallingford
3,713
4,915
3,268
3,375
3,214
2,325
2,237
Warren
......
......
......
790
1,083
1,096
875
Washington
......
......
1,503
1,675
1,568
1,575
1,487
Waterbury
1,829
3,536
2,240
2,937
3,256
2,874
2,282
Waterford
......
......
......
......
......
2,185
2,239
Watertown
......
......
2,732
3,170
1,622
1,714
1,439
Westbrook
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
West Hartford
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
West Haven
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Weston
......
......
......
2,469
2,680
2,618
2,767
Westport
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Wethersfield
2,483
3,489
3,733
3,806
3,992
3,961
3,825
Willington
650
1,001
1,055
1,212
1,278
1,161
1,246
Wilton
......
......
......
......
......
1,728
1,818
Winchester
24
339
688
......
1,371
1,466
1,601
Windham
2,446
3,528
3,571
2,765
2,644
2,416
2,489
Windsor
4,220
2,125
2,382
2,714
2,773
2,868
3,008
Windsor Locks
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......
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Wolcott
......
......
......
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948
952
943
Woodbridge
......
......
......
2,124
2,198
2,030
1,998
Woodbury
2,911
5,313
5,063
2,662
1,944
1,963
1,885
Woodstock
1,366
2,054
2,052
2,445
2,463
2,654
3,017
Totals
130,612
197,910
208,850
237,946
251,062
261,942
275,248
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